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   From: philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message <6T+mMpAVKoNDFwZ$@borve.demon.co.uk>, banana   
    writes   
   >US president George W Bush was the first convicted criminal to be   
   >elected to that office.   
   >   
   >When was the last time a convicted criminal was appointed to the UK   
   >cabinet?   
   >   
   >(I don't mean any of the many crimes that such types commit and get away   
   >with - I mean an official criminal conviction in a court, already on   
   >their record at the time they were appointed).   
   >   
   Mmm...Charles Linton....1983....Bow Street.... RH   
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